Our Lives - Season 4

Season 4
Episodes

Sink or Skim
The World Stone Skimming Championship is held on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale every year. Two obsessed skimmers show us what it takes to become the world's best.

Soul Boy
In the run up to his 18th birthday, Anthony Favin, a teenage boy who has grown up in care since the age of six, finds his place in Nottingham's Northern Soul scene. With help from his keyworker Luke and a collection of Northern Soul friends, he prepares to take his first steps as a DJ and towards an independent life.

Highland Road Rescue
An intimate portrait of a family-run roadside recovery business in the Scottish Highlands, as they rescue stranded motorists on some of the most remote roads in Britain.

Big Night at the Bingo
A look inside a bingo hall in the heart of West Belfast, meeting some of the regulars who have known each other for many years, through thick and thin. The programme follows bingo members including serenely composed Eilish, who was taught how to play by her grandmother when she was in her teens, and hard-working Margaret, who juggles her bingo alongside work, a college course, school pick-ups and supporting her husband as he deals with health problems.

Defying Gravity
The remarkable story of Lily Rice, the first British person to land a wheelchair backflip, and how her life was transformed when the footage of her went viral.

Bhangra or Bust
Indian folk dance gets competitive in this Our Lives documentary which goes behind the silk and sequins at the world's biggest bhangra dance contest.

Desperate to Drive
In Cardiff, a unique driving centre has the power to decide if higher-risk drivers who've lost their licence through illness or accident are safe to be back behind the wheel.

Shankill by the Sea
An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and escape to the seaside.

Zoo Mum
Whatever is happening in the outside world, life in Colchester zoo goes on. Curator Sarah Forsyth is heading into the busiest summer of her life keeping countless animals happy.

Pink Dreams
Pink Dreams follows grandmother Lorraine as she performs her tribute act to a megastar 20 years younger, Pink.

Saving Our Ecovillage
Off-grid with their own food, animals, power, water and waste disposal, a Welsh eco-community try to come up with a plan to save their homes and their future.
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